By Nicholas Turner From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—A tsunami triggered by a major earthquake beneath Puget Sound would arrive at the shores sooner and reach further inland than previously understood, according to a study published Thursday by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Models showed a tsunami following a magnitude 7.5 quake would inundate Seattle’s…
Earthquake Would Trigger 20-Foot Tsunami in Seattle Within 3 Minutes, State Report Says
Scientists at CERN Observe 3 ‘Exotic’ Particles for First Time
GENEVA—Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research centre CERN said on Tuesday. The 27 kilometer-long (16.8 mile) LHC at CERN is the machine that found the Higgs boson particle, which along…
Scientists Find Anxiety Drugs Could Worsen Cognitive Abilities
July 5, 2022
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Long-term use of anxiety drugs may put undue pressure on the brain and lead to an increase in risk for cognitive decline, memory loss, and dementia, according to an international study that sheds light on the mechanisms by which the drugs affect the brain. Using a genetic model developed in their laboratory, the health researchers…
Researchers Develop a Cheaper and Less Invasive Alternative to IVF Treatments
July 1, 2022
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University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have developed a cheaper and less invasive alternative to traditional fertility treatments that is now available at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for women. In vitro fertilisation or IVF has been the established treatment for infertility for a long time. However, this method is expensive, and to stimulate egg growth…
Australian Seaweed Supplement Touted to Reduce Livestock Industry Emissions Goes on Market After Years of ‘Extensive’ Research
A native Australian seaweed shown to reduce methane emissions in cattle has seen its first commercial purchase by a South Australian meat processor just weeks after the global sale of the seaweed was announced. This follows four years of extensive research and fast-tracked commercial licensing between Australia-government researchers at CSIRO, Meat and Livestock Australia, and…
South African Human Fossils More Than a Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
Fossils of early human ancestors that were found in a cave in South Africa are now thought to be a million years older than originally estimated, thereby shaking the current scientific understanding of human evolution and its origins. Fossils from the Sterkfontein Cave, belonging to the genus Australopithecus, were initially thought to have been from…
Meet the ‘Zombie Star’ That Survived a Supernova Blast
WASHINGTON—Astronomers have observed in a relatively nearby galaxy a star that not only survived what ordinarily should have been certain death—a stellar explosion called a supernova—but emerged from it brighter than before the blast. Meet the “zombie star.” The star at issue, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope, is a kind known as a white…
Nanoparticles Could Be the Key to Cheaper, Faster and More Reliable Internet
Australian National University (ANU) physicists have developed new tech that controls the direction that light can and cannot travel in using nanoparticles, possibly discovering the path to cheaper, faster and more reliable internet. In collaboration with colleagues from Singapore, China and Germany, ANU scientists have developed small translucent slides that produce two different images, depending…
Chinese Regime Killed Falun Gong Adherent for His Liver, Says Former Japanese Gang Member
June 28, 2022
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A former Japanese criminal gang member said he was witness to China’s live organ trade, having seen an anesthetized Falun Gong adherent—with tendons cut to prevent his flight—shortly before the man was placed on an operating table to have his liver carved out. That was 15 years ago in August 2008 when Ushio Sugawara, now…
Stunning Roman Mosaics Return Home to New Israeli Museum
JERUSALEM—A series of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade touring the world’s top museums. The mosaics were first discovered in the central city of Lod in 1996 but the Israel Antiquities Authority only fully unearthed…
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